– BSF: the Angels of mercy in the Eartquake relief effort!

There are times when the credit should be given where it is due…. here is one for BSF… the “angels of mercy” during the earthquake.

For the villagers of Dachhi in north Kashmir, the Border Security Force posted in the area have become angels of mercy as they rescued them from the rubble and are helping them rebuild their homes in the aftermath of the devastating quake on October 8.

The 19th battalion of BSF, posted in the village, was quick on the scene, pulling out survivors from the rubble and providing succour to the injured and the quake affected.

Forty-year-old Rehmat Bi gratefully remembers the jawans who pulled her and her daughter Rashida Bano out their collapsed house after the quake.

“I along with my daughter and grand-daughter were inside the house when it came down like a pack of cards in the quake. I thought it was over. But god saved us as BSF troops deployed in the village rescued us from the rubble,” she said, pointing towards the razed structure which was once her house.

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